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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Top engineer
Nathan A. Hester, an engineer who recently
joined the Jackson County Water and Sewerage
Authority, was recently named “Young Civil
Engineer of the Year” for Georgia by the American
Society of Civil Engineers. Hester has a master
of science degree in environmental engineering
from the University of Georgia and a bachelor of
science degree in civil engineering technology
from Southern Polytechnic State University. He has
designed various infrastructure projects, including
water distribution and wastewater collection sys
tems.
Free car show and movie
set in Maysville Saturday
The Maysville Community Improvement Club will hold a car
show and movie on Saturday, Sept. 10, in the city park down
town. Both events are free.
The car show begins at 5 p.m., with the movie to follow at
dark.
Grand opening planned at
St. Vincent de Paid store
St. Vincent de Paul will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and
customer appreciation day this week at its new thrift store at
200 Homer Road in Commerce (the former Bi Lo building).
The store will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cut
ting ceremony Friday, Sept. 9, at 9:45 a.m.
Then, on Saturday, Sept. 10, St. Vincent de Paul will observe
Customer Appreciation Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free
hot dogs and “retail specials priced to say ‘Thank you,’”
according to a flyer for the event.
PIE workshop to be offered
on Wednesday, Sept. 28
The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce will hold
its annual Partners In Education workshop on Wednesday,
Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jackson EMC.
The workshop is free. Lunch will be provided, but registra
tion is required.
The Partners In Education Workshop brings the business
community together with the school systems. The relationship
between the two is critical for our community. The PIE work
shop hosts business partners and school faculty and staff for
an overview of Jackson County’s three school systems and a
session of best practices. It also gives the school systems an
opportunity to let businesses know how they can help as well
as thank them for their support of education.
Chamber members should register online. If they are not
able to sign in using their email address, they should use the
non-member sign-in. Contact Briana Burgess at the chamber
office (706-387-0300) for information, to get set up to use the
online registration feature or to help sponsor the program.
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SBA offers loans to businesses
affected by summer drought
The U.S. Small Busi
ness Administration (SBA)
announced last week that
federal Economic Injury
Disaster Loans are available
to small businesses, small
agricultural cooperatives,
small businesses engaged in
aquaculture and private non
profit organizations located
in drought-stricken areas of
Georgia.
This disaster declaration
includes Barrow, Bartow,
Clarke, Floyd, Greene, Haber
sham, Haralson, Jackson,
Madison, Morgan, Oconee,
Oglethorpe, Paulding, Polk,
Rabun, Towns, Union, Wal
ton and White counties.
“When the Secretary of
Agriculture issues a disaster
declaration to help farmers
recover from damages and
losses to crops, the Small
Business Administration
issues a declaration to eligi
ble entities affected by the
same disaster,” said Frank
Skaggs, director of SBA’s
Field Operations Center East
in Atlanta.
Under this declaration,
the SBA’s Economic Injury
Disaster Loan program is
available to eligible farm-re
lated and nonfarm-related
entities that suffered financial
losses as a direct result of the
drought. With the exception
of aquaculture enterprises,
SBA cannot provide disaster
loans to agricultural produc
ers, farmers, or ranchers.
Nurseries are eligible to apply
for economic injury disaster
loans for losses caused by
drought conditions.
The loan amount can
be up to $2 million, with
interest rates of 2.625 per
cent for private nonprofit
organizations and 4 percent
for small businesses, with
terms up to 30 years. The
SBA determines eligibility
based on the size of the
applicant, type of activity
and its financial resources.
Loan amounts and terms
are set by the SBA and are
based on each applicant’s
financial condition. These
working capital loans may
be used to pay fixed debts,
payroll, accounts payable,
and other bills that could
have been paid had the
disaster not occurred. The
loans are not intended to
replace lost sales or profits.
Applicants may apply
online using the Electron
ic Loan Application (ELA)
via SBA’s secure website at
https:// disasterloan.sba.gov/
ela.
Disaster loan information
and application forms may
also be obtained by calling
the SBA’s Customer Ser
vice Center at 800-659-2955
(800-877-8339 for the deaf
and hard-of-hearing) or by
sending an email to disaster-
customerservice@sba.gov.
Loan applications can be
downloaded from the SBA’s
website at www.sba.gov/
disaster. Completed applica
tions should be mailed to:
U.S. Small Business Admin
istration, Processing and
Disbursement Center, 14925
Kingsport Road, Fort Worth,
TX 76155.
Completed loan applica
tions must be returned to
SBA no later than April 18,
2017.
Tanger, Northridge team up to
raise funds for Cancer Foundation
Tanger Outlets and
Northridge Medical Center
have announced that they are
partnering for the second year
to host a fundraising event on
Sept. 29 to benefit the Can
cer Foundation of Northeast
Georgia. The “PINK FASH
ION GALA’ will take place on
Thursday Sept. 29, from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. at the Tanger Out
let Center in Commerce. The
evening will consist of a cock
tail hour featuring appetizers
and treats, a silent auction, all
followed by a fashion show.
Tickets to the “PINK FASHION
GALA’ will cost $20 and will
go on sale beginning Aug. 1
at both Tanger Outlets and the
Northridge Medical Center.
According to Tanger Out
lets general manager Mark
Valentine, Q-100-FM Radio
has signed on to be the media
sponsor and mid-day on-air
personality Rachel Ryan will
on hand and will play a role in
the program as emcee.
One hundred percent of
the proceeds will go directly
to cancer patients and their
families through the Cancer
Foundation of Northeast
Georgia. The mission of the
foundation is to alleviate the
financial burden of cancer for
eligible patients.
“Our committee has been
working very hard in plan
ning for this year’s event
since January and we are
very excited about putting on
another extraordinary event
where the community can
come together, have a won
derful evening out, and help
raise money for a very worthy
cause,” said Tricia Massey
director of outreach for the
Northridge Medical Center.
“We received such great feed
back from last year’s event;
we just couldn’t wait to do it
again.”
The fashion show will
include a combination of pro
fessional models from Atlan
ta, local business persons
and school teachers, and will
feature local cancer survivors.
The show will be produced
by Poshe Productions, a top
fashion and entertainment
company based in Atlanta.
According to Valentine,
several local businesses
have already signed on to
co-sponsor the event. Spon
sors include: Q-100, Certa-
Pro Painters, Denyse Signs,
Mastercraft Stucco, Town
of Braselton, EMC Security
Advanced Stanchions, Jack-
son EMC, Swirlee’s Frozen
Yogurt and Legacy Land
scape Management. Addi
tional sponsorship informa
tion can be obtained by con
tacting either Tricia Massey
at Northridge Medical Center
or Mark Valentine at Tanger
Outlets.
Tickets can be purchased
in advance at the following
locations:
•Tanger Outlets, 800 Ste
ven B. Tanger Blvd., Com
merce; Shopper Services
Center - Suite 201
•Northridge Medical Cen
ter 70 Medical Center Dr.,
Commerce; administrative
offices and hospital gift shop
FOR
INFORMATION
ABOUT
CANCER,
INFORMATION ON
SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS, CALL
THE
AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY
24 HOURS A DAY
7DAYS A WEEK
1-800-227-2345
OR VISIT ONLINE AT
WWW.CANCER.ORG
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City of Maysville
CURRENT 2015 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
The City of Maysville does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a
meeting to be held at 4 Homer Street on Friday, September 16, 2016, 7:45 a.m.
and pursuant to the requirements of the O.C.G.A. Section the following presen
tation of the current year’s tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax
digest and levy for the past five years.
BANKS JACKSON BANKS JACKSON
BANKS
JACKSON
BANKS
JACKSON
Banks
Jackson
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2015
2015
2016
2016
Real & Personal
20,037.162
22,557,841
19,938,207
22,232,085
19,793,186
19,287,042
19,424,822
20,561,605
18,889,813
20,464,439
Motor Vehicles
1.270.740
1,209,700
1,008,410
1,269,190
835,320
1,542,580
685,080
1,236,500
591,720
924,800
Mobile Homes
148,424
98,984
142,060
92,549
132,145
103,043
132,654
97,100
122,077
78,693
Timber -100%
Heavy Duty Equipment
Gross Digest
21,456,326
23,866,525
21,088,677
23,593,824
20,760,651
22,324,350
19,948,311
23,745,020
19,426,638
23,863,436
Less M & O Exemptions
934,396
3,414,031
799,938
3,405,084
782,466
3.037,308
523,489
3,183,415
536,825
3,398,997
Net M & O Digest
20,521,930
20,452,494
20,288,739
20,188,740
19,978,185
19,287,042
19,424,822
20,561,605
18,889,813
20,464,439
Gross M & O Millage
5.97
7.43
7.65
7.65
7.17
7.17
7.41
7.41
7.62
7.62
Adjusted Net M & O Digest
20,521,930
20,452,494
20,288,739
20,188,740
19,978,185
19,287,042
19,424,822
20,561,605
18,889,813
20,464,439
Less Rollbacks
5.66
5.66
7.02
6.375
6.43
6.75
6.9
6.72
7.09
6.64
Net M & O Millage
0.65
1.764
0.631
1.293
0.74
0.42
0.51
0.69
0.53
0.98
Total City Taxes Levied
$12,352
$36,755
$20,289
$26,104
$14,784
$8,100.56
$9,907
$14,187.51
10,011.60
20,055.15
Net Taxes S Increase
($1,026)
($762)
$7,937
($10,651)
($5,505)
($18,003)
($4,877)
$6,087
104.60
5,868
Net Taxes % Increase
•3.42%
-2.03%
64.25%
-28.98%
-27.13%
•68.97%
•32.99%
75.14%
0.016
41.36%